Every Mile a Memory Chords

KeyA Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays453

Every Mile a Memory by Dierks Bentley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Em, F, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
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16
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  			d Fret 

Intro:  G C G C G C G C 
        G      C                   G     C 
Country roads, old theatre marquee signs 
        G    C                     G     C 
Parking lots and billboards flying by 
        Em                     C 
Spanish moss, little hick town squares,  
     F                                                                  
Wild roses on a river bank,  
          F 
girl it’s almost like you're there, awwh..... 
G                    D  
Every mile a memory, every song another scene 
Am            Em          C 
From some old movie going back in time to you and me 
G                             D 
Every day a page turned down, every night a lonesome  
      Am     Em                    C 
Sound like a freight train rolling through my dreams 
             G     C     G     C     
Every mile a memory………… 
        G     C                      G     C 
Red sun down, out across the western sky 
         G     C                   G     C 
Takes me back, to the fire in your eyes 
Em                       C 
Texas stars, in a purple night 
F 
Not seeing 'em with you baby,  
F 
oh they never do it right, so…  
G                    D  
Every mile a memory, every song another scene 
Am            Em          C 
From some old movie going back in time to you and me, 
G                             D 
Every day a page turned down, every night a lonesome  
      Am     Em                    C 
Sound like a freight train rolling through my dreams 
             G     C 
Every mile a memory………… 
F            C              G 
Funny how no matter where I run 
F                  C        Am       Em    C 
Round every bend I only see just how far I haven't come 
(Lightly) 
G                    D  
Every mile a memory, every song another scene 
Am            Em          C 
From some old movie going back in time… 
G                             D 
Every day a page turned down, every night a lonesome  
      Am     Em                    C 
Sound like a freight train rolling through my dreams 
             G     C 
Every mile a memory 
             G     C 
Every mile a memory 
             G     C 
Every mile a memory 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante